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03/19/2013

Owners & renters being escorted to check out burned property in Pigeon Forge:
"The fire on a Pigeon Forge mountain off Wears Valley Road is 100% contained, according to fire officials.... Officials will be allowing property owners and renters up on the mountain with an escort.... People who would like to be escorted up to check on their property are asked to stop by the command post on Wears Valley Road to ask for an escort."
[Photo from Sunday, March 17, 2013.]http://www.wbir.com/news/article/260508/2/Fire-officials-still-enforcing-evacuation-orders-for-Pigeon-Forge-fire